Since Wang Yue was planning to step in, he might as well clear the way for Nie Xiguang. He smiled and said,
"Besides your real estate company, you clearly have other businesses. You and Auntie Yun started those companies together.
"When she divorced you to preserve her dignity, she didn't refuse to take any of them. But just because she didn't ask for them doesn't mean you can withhold them from her.
"You're guarding your assets so fiercely. Who exactly are you trying to protect them from?"
Wang Yue was trying to provoke him. He figured Nie Chengyuan was always calculating, so he might as well pry whatever he could out of him.
Ordinary arguments probably wouldn't work. A sly old fox like Nie Chengyuan wouldn't care about a few verbal jabs.
But if Wang Yue raised the stakes, Nie Chengyuan would worry about the Jiang family coming after him—and about disappointing Nie Xiguang.
If Nie Xiguang lost faith in him, the connection between him and Jiang Yun might be severed for good.
Thinking this over, Nie Chengyuan smiled at Nie Xiguang. "Actually, the coming-of-age gift I prepared for you wasn't just the one I bought last time. There's another one: an investment I made some years ago.
"The company is called Shuangyuan. We own forty-nine percent of its shares, and I could transfer them to you.
"I was just worried you might not want them, or that you'd be too busy with school to manage things, so I wanted to find a chance to ask you first!"
That was exactly what Wang Yue had been waiting to hear. He grinned and winked at Nie Xiguang.
Nie Xiguang had grown up with Wang Yue, so she understood his look at once. She hurriedly said,
"Dad, if you're willing, I'm fine